My journal prompt for today asks the following;

Can I keep my cool when receiving disturbing news?

Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman, The Daily Stoic Journal.

I know I need to keep my cool. We all do. It is the stoic ideal state of mind as we travel through our daily lives. A virtue that supposedly shields us from the worst impulses of our behaviour. The truth is, I don’t always keep my cool. In fact, I suck at it – most of the time.

I haven’t been very good at keeping my cool. In part,...